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People that go Boo Boo in the night
Friend of the blog and past contributor, Wichi, weighs in on his new least favorite television show(s): In the midst of the killing season, i.e., bashing our least favorite candidate for the Office of the President, permit me a brief … Continue reading
Culture War standings – 1948
The Right wing got off to a beautiful start in the culture wars 64 years ago today, when a ballsy congressman from California, Richard Nixon, smelled a rat in Alger Hiss’s denial of Whittaker Chambers accusation of being a communist. … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Reading
Tagged Culture Wars, Fellow Travelers, Ronald Reagan, Whittaker Chambers
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The not so perfect box and chain thing
Bill Gates money is going into the toilet. But its good news for all. From a recent Economist article: If Thomas Crapper were around today, he would find our toilets quite familiar,” says Bill Gates, referring to the Victorian manufacturer … Continue reading
John Grisham’s mini-brain fart
Listening to the audiobook of John Grisham’s new novel, Calico Joe, I heard something which made me pause, not unlike how Jaguar Paw might have reacted to coming across a Chili’s outside a Mayan city. What I heard was that … Continue reading
Posted in 2TG Favorites, Books & Reading
Tagged Bill James, Don Kessinger, Godfather Saga, John Grisham, Willie Montañez
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The threat of repressive puritanism?
Ross Douthat’s column does a great job of tossing aside the niceties about ‘respecting religious freedom’ from the Left and explains the logic behind their attacks: … Chick-fil-A [has been] threatened to prevent the delicious chicken chain from opening new … Continue reading
Obama: Just un-American
Charles Murray on the absurdity of someone who’s never built anything lecturing those who have: There’s a standard way for Americans to celebrate accomplishment. First, we call an individual onto the stage and say what great things that person has … Continue reading
Why not all change is progress
Want to know why 2,000 year-old institutions don’t change based on the advice of *bantamweight* intellectual advisers, like say a Fr. Cutie? Ross Douthat provides one answer in his NYT op-ed column. Every word should be read, but here are … Continue reading
Posted in Catholic Faith & Inspiration
Tagged Boxing, Fr Cutie, New York Times, Ross Douthat
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Good teams don’t blow this many saves right?
Geez, can’t a fan’s gut instincts ever be right? Here are the thoughts of Marlins fans [OK me] after Heath Bell’s blown save on Tuesday: Good teams don’t lose games when they rally from 7 runs down. Good teams don’t … Continue reading
Happy Independence Day
The Declaration of Independence was drafted by Thomas Jefferson during the June 1776 Continental Congress. The beautiful painting to the left illustrates what ‘drafting’ represented. The video below from HBO’s goosebumps inducing [e.g. Adams and Jefferson both died 50 years … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Reading
Tagged Benjamin Franklin, David McCullough, History, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson
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Man of the Year?
The 1987 cover story was written by Rick Reilly, a writer I enjoy. The point is not that Reilly is, or was, a fool. After all, in theory no one could have known then. But that is the point. The … Continue reading
Posted in Random Observations
Tagged Hagiography, Jerry Sandusky, Joe Paterno, Rick Reilly, Sports Illustrated Vault
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